June/July 2000
COURT OF HONOR
June 12
Scouts and their families are invited (i.e., urged) to attend the Court of Honor on June 12. The troop will recognize scouts who have advanced in rank and/or earned merit badges since the last court of honor. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. and refreshments follow.
Travis Horel, mother of Elliott Schwartz, has volunteered to organize the social time for our Courts of Honor this year. Expect to receive your food assignment (soda or cookies in the fall and spring, dinner food in February) from her by e-mail. MANY THANKS to Travis for taking on this job.
FAMILY BEACH CAMP OUT
Cape Henlopen
August 25 - 27
Scouts, siblings and parents, plan to meet at the Church of the Covenant at 5:00 p.m. on August 25 to begin a weekend of camping at the beach. Please put the dates on your calendar.
PHILMONT TREK
Our Philmont bound scouts will convene at 4:45 a.m. on June 26, in advance of taking off for Denver, Colorado later that morning. Before they reach Philmont on June 29, they will stay at Peterson Air Force Base and engage in a variety of activities: horseback riding at the Garden of the God, tour Cave of the Winds, ride the Pike's Peak Cog Railway, and go rock climbing, mountain biking and rafting. On Tuesday, July 11, the scouts hear their last Philmont reveille, return to Denver and arrive back in Virginia at 10:45 p.m.
HIGH ADVENTURE
SUMMER ACTIVITIES
FOR OLDER SCOUTS
(13 AND OLDER)
We will have a shotgun shoot Saturday, July 8 and white water rafting August 9-11 on the New River. Contact your scoutmaster for details.
WEEKEND CAMP OUTS
SUNDAY RETURN--Reminder
The arrive home time varies after the monthly camp out trips. The adults who accompany the boys take each scout home (place of residence) after each trip. Therefore, parents do not need to meet the campers at the church parking lot.
NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION
The Troop Committee has decided to communicate by e-mail to the maximum extent possible. Therefore, beginning with the August newsletter (there is no July newsletter), we will distribute the newsletter only by e-mail to those individuals who have an e-mail address. If you did not receive this newsletter by e-mail and you have an e-mail address, please send your address to Ron Evans, QuebecSt@aol.com and Nellie Landrum, landfour@erols.com.
If you do not have an e-mail address, you will continue to receive your newsletter through the regular mail.
For Goshen bound scouts, your Summer Camp Newsletter will arrive soon!
NOTE: The monthly roundtable is June 8 not June 15 as shown on our calendar
The Troop 647 Newsletter is published monthly, except July. Submit articles of interest to the troop and its membership to the troop scribe, the Scoutmaster, or newsletter editor (Nellie Landrum). For additional information about the troop and its program, please call Russell Evans, the senior patrol leader at 703-243-5128.
Calendar
Summer programs begin at 6:30 p.m.
Uniforms not required.
JUNE
2-4Philmont shakedown outing #2
5Troop meeting
8Order of the Arrow banquet
Roundtable
12Court of Honor, 7:30 p.m.
17-18 Annual planning Cake Box - leave at 8:00 a.m.
19Patrol leaders council
21Parent meeting, 8:00 p.m.
26Philmont Crew leaves Arlington
Summer program - Billy Goat Trail-Bring a canteen and a flashlight
JULY
3No meeting
8Shotgun shoot
10 Summer program - Mini Golf-Cost about $3-$5
11Philmont Crew returns to Arlington
Troop 647, BSA
Church of the Covenant
2666 Military Road
Arlington, VA 22207
17 Summer program - Water Fight-Bring your squirt gun to the church
22-29 Goshen - Camp Bowman
24No Meeting
31 No Meeting
AUGUST
7Summer program - Game Night-Bring your favorite game to the church
9-11 Whitewater Trip (must be 13 years or older)
14Summer program - Swimming-Donaldson Run (cost $2 or $3)
16Parent meeting, 8:00 p.m.
21Summer program - Bike Hike-W-L parking garage to Gravely Point (National Airport) (scouts must be dropped off and picked up)
25-27 Beach Trip-Family camp out, Henlopen, Delaware 5:00 p.m. departure
28No Meeting
